Whats the best thermal paste for a CPU?

Jacob Jagielski · Apr 10, 2015

So im buying a new cpu cooler soon and i need good thermal paste to keep my Cpu cool. And i dont know which one to pick.

alexoiu · Apr 10, 2015

An option: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002P5W4RU/?tag=qwiztek-20&creativeASIN=B002P5W4RU

Eximo · Apr 10, 2015

Depends on the cooler you intend to apply.

Direct contact heat pipes tend to need more thermal compound to fill gaps between them, more paste like compounds work best here. Machined surfaces have many small grooves that need filling, so slightly more fluid (lower viscosity) work better for these. A plated surface is extremely smooth, so very little paste is needed. This is when you want something that is extremenly thermally conductive and with a quite low viscosity. Some of the high end 'nano-diamond' products are worthwhile.

Also the liquid metal ones, but they are somewhat dangerous to use...

maddogfargo · Apr 10, 2015

+1 for the NTH1 and MX4

Also look at Xigmatek pastes. The 3606 is as good as AS5 but much easier to work with.

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